Joy In God's Word!
"I rejoice at Your word as one
who finds great treasure."
Psalm 119: 162
El Dorado was the name given by Spaniards in the sixteenth
century to describe a mythical king of native people in Colombia,
South America. The myth grew from referring to a man, to a city,
to a kingdom, and finally to an empire of gold.
Treasure hunters from England and Spain searched all over
Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil, and all
came up sad and disappointed. There was no city or
kingdom of golden treasures to be
found.
But there is a treasure of joy waiting to be discovered between the
pages of Scripture—the treasure of God’s Word. Could anything be
more valuable than a Book that answers mankind’s most important
questions: Where did I come from? What is my purpose? What is
right and wrong? What is my destiny?
These questions, and more, have been the most important
ever asked. In good times and bad, we can rejoice in knowing
answers to all of life’s biggest questions are ours for the reading.
The more we read and study God’s Word,
the more we can rejoice and give thanks
in all things (1 Thessalonians 5:18).
"The more reverence we have for the word
of God, the more joy we shall find in it."
Matthew Henry
